IAPH BAKU 2018 | MAY 8 - 11

PROGRAMME

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

08:00-18:00
Registration
Boulevard Hotel Baku Autograph Collection
09:00-12:00
Joint Technical Committee Meeting

  • Evironment
  • Safety and Security
  • Legal
  • Planning and Development
Villa Petrolia
10:00-12:00
Women's Forum
Villa Petrolia
12:00-13:00
Lunch
Villa Petrolia
13:00-16:00
Board Council Meeting
Villa Petrolia
16:00-17:00
Regional meetings
Villa Petrolia
17:00-18:30
Annual General Meeting
Villa Petrolia
19:00-22:00
Welcome Reception (sponsored by DBA Group S.p.A)
Boulevard Hotel Baku Autograph Collection

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Heydar Aliyev Center
09:00-11:10
Opening ceremony of IAPH 2018
08:00-09:00
Registration
10:00-10:15
Welcoming show "Tale of the Silk Road: From past to future"
10:15-10:25
Welcome words by Santiago Garcia Mila, President of IAPH
10:25-10:40
Welcome Keynote speech by H.E. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
10:40-10:50
Speech by Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, President of DP World
10:50-11:00
Speech by high-level EU official (video)
11:00-11:10
Closing remarks by the Master of Ceremony
11:10
End of Opening Ceremony
11:10-11:40
Walking to the Baku Convention Center
11:40-12:00
Coffee break (sponsored by "Azercosmos" OJSC)
12:00-13:00
Opening and tour of the IAPH exhibition
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Cruise Committee lunch Meeting
Communication and Community Relations Committee lunch Meeting
14:00-15:30
Session 1:
Security local benefits from regional and global hub development the role of port management
Introduction and chair: Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director Policy and Strategy, International Association of Ports and Harbors


Panel:
Mohammad Rastad, President Port Management Organisation (PMO) Iran
Elvyn G. Masassya, President Director PT Pelabuhran Indonesia II
Grant Gilfillan, Chief Executive Officer, Port Authority of New South Wales
Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority
Cedric Virciglio, European and International Affairs Manager, HAROPA Ports
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Session 2: (powered by IAPH Women's Forum)
Multiculturalism: cultural diversity in global shipping and logistics chains
Chair: Siti Noraishah Binti Azizan, General Manager, Sabah Ports / Chair IAPH Women's Forum
Introduction: Hanan Challouki and Taha Riani, Managing Partners Allyens / Forbes 2018 '30 under 30'


Panel:
Catherine Mturi-Wairi, Managing Director Kenya Ports Authority
Marc Nuytemans, CEO Exmar Shipmanagement
Ketevan Bochorishvili, CEO Anaklia City JSC
Sacha Rougier, Managing Director Cruise Gate Hamburg
Lin Ruiqi, Senior Vice President, Huawei
17:30-18:00
Closing Keynote day one
Parag Khanna, best-selling author
18:00
End of the day one
20:00-22:00
Welcome Dinner (sponsored by "Azerbaijan Railways" CJSC) Boulevard Hotel Baku Autograph Collection

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Baku Convention Center
09:00-10:30
Session 3:
What makes a competitive hub? Free Trade Zones as major players in international trade and the value chain
Chair and introduction: Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Shangai Maritime University, Ghent University and University of Antwerp (confirmed)

Panel:
Aboubaker Omar Hadi, Chairman, Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority
Gilles Bergot, Deputy Head of Unit Ports Policy, European Commission
Guimara Tunon, General Director of Ports, Panama Maritime Authority
Zeno d'Agostino, President Port of Trieste
Michael Proffitt, Director and CEO of Dubai Logistics City
10:30-11:00
Coffee break (sponsored by "HUAWEI")
11:00-13:00
Parallel workshops (in co-operation with IAPH Technical Committees)

Who's afraid of LNG?
Chair: Henri van der Weide Chair IAPH Environment Committee


Accreditation for LNG bunker operators: introducing the IAPH accreditation and audit system
Peter Alkema, Chair IAPH LNG Working Group
LNG bunkering operations near residential areas: safety issues and risk management
Cees Boon, Senior Safety Advisor, Port of Rotterdam
Compensation and liability in case of LNG: towards a special regime?
Frans van Zoelen, Chair of the IAPH Legal Committee
LNG fueled ships: the experience of Yokohama port:
Masamichi Morooka, President and CEO Yokohama Kawasaki International Port


Improving port efficiency through digitization and disruptive technologies
Co-chairs: Masaharu Shinohara, Chair IAPH Port Operations Committee and Jordi Torrent Pujol,
Vice-Chair IAPH Trade Facilitation Committee


Digitization and disruptive technologies: an overview
Masaharu Shinohara, Chair IAPH Port Operations Committee
Hataka Port Logistics System: Yuuju Nakamura, Port of Hakata
The use of Artificial Intelligence: Justine Camoin, Business Developer, Marseille Gyptis International

13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-16:00
Parallel workshops (in co-operation with IAPH Technical Committees)

Port incentives for green shipping and logistics
Co-chairs: Wolfgang Hurtienne, Chair IAPH Port Planning Committee and Henri van der Weide, Chair IAPH Environment Committee

Logistics operator perspective: Francesco Parisi, Owner and Chairman Parisi Freight Forwarding
Port operator perspective: Masamichi Morooka, President and CEO Yokohama Kawasaki Intl Port
Corridor management perspective: Rakhmetolla Kudaibergenov, Secretary General, Trans-Caspian Transport Route (tbc)
Port authority perspective: Jeanine Drummond, General Manager Operations, Port Authority of NSW (tbc)

Financial and legal enablers of future-proof infrastructure
Co-chairs: Dov Frohlinger, Chair IAPH Economics and Finance Committee Frans van Zoelen,
Chair IAPH Legal Committee

Public funding of seaports: the end of an era?
Gilles Bergot, Deputy Head of Unit Ports Policy, European Commission

The bankers’ perspective: Bahruz Naghiyev, Pasha Bank

Best practices in public-private partnerships
Ziad Hayek, UNECE Centre of Excellence on Public-Private Partnerships in Ports

16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-17:00
Input from the workshops for the World Ports Sustainability Program
Reports by the workshop chairs
Moderator: Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director IAPH and Coordinator WPSP
17:00-18:00
Closing debate: The New Silk Road
Turloch Mooney, Senior Editor, Global Ports | Maritime & Trade IHS Markit
Wade Shepard, Author of 'Ghost Cities of China', Contributor Forbes and BBC World
Dr James Jixian Wang, Visiting Associate Professor, Research Centre on One-Belt-One-Road,
City University of Hong Kong
18:00-18:30
Closing of the IAPH 2018 Conference
Taleh Ziyadov, Director-General Port of Baku
Santiago Garcia-Milà, President IAPH
Yuan Yue, Deputy Director General of Guangzhou Port Authority - host 2019 World Ports Conference
20:00-
Gala Dinner (sponsored by "WonderNet Express" LLP) Buta Palace

Friday, May 11, 2018

09:00-10:00
Board Council Meeting
Boulevard Hotel Baku Autograph Collection
11:30-16:00
Technical Excursion to Port of Baku
Alat